Tauranga bay is lovely and views from the Bach are awesome. The beach is stunning.
The beach is much better for little kids at low tide, as it does have quite strong waves at high tide.
The estuary is lovely, unfortunately it does have a long term water quality warning on it. Despite that we still swam in it and the days we were there it looked clear- especially at the sea end where we saw lots of fish.
The Bach feels a little unloved. The outdoor furniture has gone mouldy, the downstairs area we didn’t use as it smelt musty. We aired it out.
The kitchen pots and pans there wasn’t really a good assortment, and considering the Bach says it can accomodate 10 it doesn’t have enough plates. Dishwasher wasn’t working.
The main disappointment was a sup, and kayaks were listed. The sup wasn’t there, the two person kayak sank the second we took it out it had a hole in the hull, leaving a small child’s kayak left only suitable for 1.
Hayden was good to deal with.
I messaged him explaining the problem, he’s said he’ll consider a discount.
This Bach has so much potential, it’s currently for sale.